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Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Col. Jesse M. Williams
This Regiment's Chain of Command:
Army - Army of Northern Virginia
Corps - Jackson's Command
Division - Jackson's Division
Brigade - Starke's Brigade
Unit history
The regiment was formed at Camp Walker at New Orleans, Louisiana, during the spring of 1861 with men from De Soto, Natchitoches, Lincoln, St. Landry, Claiborne, Rapides, and Caddo parishes. The unit fought with the Army of Northern Virginia for most of the War.
Map Showing this Unit
Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)
Battlefield Tablets for this Unit
Tablet #314: Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
Tablet #381: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 16 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 7 PM
Tablet #375: Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division - 16 Sep, 6 PM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM
Tablet #382: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 7 AM
Tablet #382, cont: Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 9 AM
References & Notes
Source: Sifakis, Stewart, The Compendium of the Confederate Armies, Louisiana, Facts on File, 1995 - extracted online on the Acadians in Gray website by Steven A. Cormier.
We have 40 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:
| Co. | Rank | Name | Casualty? | Details* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Sgt | Kearney, Samuel | KIA 09/17 |  |
| A | Corp | Kenney, P. H. | MIA (n) 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Hickman, John Webster | WIA 09/17 | |
| B | Lt | Hobart, William Henry Harrison | MWIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Jarreau, Auguste | WIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Lanier, J. B. | WIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Olcott, L. T. | WIA 09/17 | |
| B | Lt | Swan, M. V. B. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| B | Pvt | Wilson, Isaac | KIA 09/17 | |
| C | Sgt | Ferry, William H. | WIA/POW 09/17 | |
| C | Sgt | Frist, William | WIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Goldsby, P. R. | WIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | McGirk, James | KIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Pace, Stephen H. | POW 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Watson, J. I. | KIA 09/17 | |
| C | Pvt | Weils, F. | KIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Durham, William T. | KIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Elam, John W. | WIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Foster, Jacob Flavel | POW 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Greening, Swepson Whitehead | POW 09/17 |  |
| D | Pvt | Miller, Phillip | WIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Phifer, Thomas H. | KIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Primm, J. A. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Reaves, Hardy V. | WIA 09/17 | |
| D | Pvt | Reedy, J. W. | KIA 09/17 | |
| E | Pvt | Garrety, W. | WIA/POW 09/17 | |
| E | Pvt | Gauthier, Gerand | | |
| E | Pvt | Mayeux, Octave | AWOL 09/17 | |
| E | Sgt | Weber, A. J. | MIA (n) 09/17 | |
| F | Pvt | Jemerson, William J. | KIA 09/18 | |
| F | Lt | McBride, James H. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| G | Sgt | McCauley, Joshua Saxton | WIA/POW 09/17 | |
| H | Pvt | Davis, W. B. | MWIA 09/17 | |
| H | Pvt | Fortson, W. P. | WIA 09/17 | |
| H | Pvt | Old, B. O. | KIA 09/17 | |
| H | Pvt | Whatley, B. F. | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Reed, Jonathan Augustus | WIA 09/17 | |
| I | Pvt | Weil, Alexander | WIA 09/17 | |
| K | Sgt | Davis, A. B. C. | KIA 09/17 | |
| F&S | Col | Williams, Jesse Milton | WIA/POW 09/17 | |
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